Just my thoughts about my daughter and motherhood in general, about the whole international adoption thing and our daily lives. You can follow us as I attempt muddle through the impact adoption has on our family and my attempts at being a good mom.

Saturday, November 30, 2013

New Experiences and Conquering Fears

G and I had some new experiences today. The first was a zip line experience. I was glad to be done with it. It is harder than it looks. G enjoyed it but not for the full 2 hours. We just did a 1 hour ride and then went to lunch. Then we had time to kill so we saw the live snake show.

I made the mistake of 1st sitting in the front row and 2nd telling him I was not fond of snakes. He made sure I was up close and personal with most of them. We did end up, as you can see, holding the last of the show: a 14 ft - 5 year old burmese python. It was very heavy. G is looking at the face of the snake because it kissed her face. I heard her say, "Get it off." I couldn't look though because the snake was so close around my neck and face.

We held baby snakes too. I will post photos later when we are home and all pictures are downloaded. I have a video of G coming to me on the zip line. It isn't a very good video because I couldn't see in the bright light and because at one point I looked up at G and when I looked back at the camera I had almost knocked her out of the frame. But at least we have it.